Patent · US Expired

Camera system, control method, communication terminal, and program storage media, for selectively authorizing remote map display using map listing

US6608649B2 · kind B2 · utility

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27Claims
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Filing dateOct 15, 1997
Grant dateAug 19, 2003
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N7/142
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display authorization area corresponding a user is selected from maps stored in a device, only the selected zone is displayed, and a camera which is not authorized for the user to perform information communication is inhibited from being displayed. With this arrangement, a camera control system having so excellent security that any user cannot see a place irrelevant to the user and cannot recognize the position of an installed camera is constructed.

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